The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

nate; give him puppy. Boy and kitten
Will grow up into n:olly-coddle and s
;at. Boy and puppy will grow up into
young man and a dog"
One grape vine of the Mission
variety in Santa Barbara County. Cal,
wo years ago produced four tons OF
grapes. 1t covers an arbor 100 feet
square and the trunk is five feet ter
/ inches in circumference at the butt. Il
5 said to be the largest grape vine in
he woTld.-BostOn Budget.
Here is postscript to girls let
,er, rs quoted by London Truth: when
lou write next answer ne in confidence
wo questions: Can you lace your boots
With your corsetS on? And can you put
IN your bonnet with your bodice on? !
want to knOw.-M"
Something of recent manufacture is
he adjustable boot" BY means of a
patent device, which in itself is orna-
mental. the shoe gives with every move
nent of the foot. 1t is said person
ian with perfect ease wear a boot OF
his description half-size smaller than
n those of the ordinary kind.
California girls are supposed to
marry off-hand, but they don't. They
employ a private detective for month
o look up the young mans antecedents
and if the report is favorable they are
'eady to say yes. Swearing, smoking
md poker-playing are not considered
objections to a candidates chances
Detroit Free Press.
"A negro cook on board Of a Scotch
schooner is the author of novel way
If killing shark. He heated fire.
prick red hot, wrapped it up in a greasy
cloth, and threw it overheard, when
he voracious shark darted after it and
swallowed it. The sharks fury was
loon subdued and he foated to the
surface dead.
"A eat gave birth to two kittens in
hens nest in San Antonio. One of
The oldest matrcnly fowls of the es-
adjustment, after violent fight with
The mother of the kits, drove her off
and took charge of the young felines.
The hen cuddles them to her breast,
and when she clucks the kittens have
earned to hover under her wings for
protection.
"A magazine devoted to spelling re-
;Orm says: "When peopl becum accus-
,omd to the new attire of sum familiar
words they will more redily assent to
more and more changes" Don't be-
lev we'd ever Tern TO spell in such a
:idiculus manr. The old stile speln is
gud enuf fur us, and filogolists had betr
ct our orthografy alone. 1t is tn late
III max nu Departure of this caractr.-
N0rriStODn Herald.
When the Boulder train left the
Santa Cruz depot one afternoon a horse
was in the tunnel. The animal, on
nearing the train approach, ran with
all speed along the track. The pas
;engers became interested in the race
between the train and the horse, who
lid not stop running until tunnel No. 6
was reached. The railroad men on the
rain say they never before saw a, horse
90 through tunnel in front of loco
motive.
The Erening San processes to have
found the following typographical
errors in lis contemporaries: Graphic
-Gridiron, for Gladstone. Boston Post
-Petered out. for petriied. Brooklyn
EGglc-Snag fried. for sang froid. Bal
'tnlOre Americdn-The onion of the
States. Jersey City Jour1saI-Contract
% erect a $4,000 horse. Harper's
WeeLly-Some persimmons, for pessi-
mists. lndcpsndent-Spherical devils,
Tor spiritual devotees. Chicago Necs-
Bob Ingersoll s hellebore, for hyperbole.
The valuable gray mare recently
sold cheap to a Westport, Mass, farmer
oy the horse railroad company of Fall
River. surprised her former friends by
rotting into the barn in the latter city
yesterday afternoon with a tattered
harness hanging to her. The barn en-
ployes tried to drive her out, but she
made for her old stall and threatened
TO make things lively for any one seek
ing to dislodge her. Nothing has been
heard of the new owner, and whether
the e1citable mare made meal on him
Dr. kicked him and his threshing ma
chine into Westport harbor is not yet
Why two pieces of wood sawn from
the same section of tree should possess
very varied characteristics when used
in different positions, a scientific writer
has often puzzled observers.
For example, gate-post is found to
decay much faster if the butt end of the
tree be uppermost than would be the
case if the top be placed in this posi-
ton, the reason being that the moisture
of the atmosphere will permeate the
pores of the wood much more rapidly
the way the tree grew than it would in
the opposite direction. Microscopical
examination proves that the pores in
vite the ascent of the moisture, while
they repel its descent.-Pu5Iic Opinion.
THE KAISER'S TRAIN.
of the Special Car Used by
the German Emperor.
The immortal snecisl train which has